Table 1. Weight and percentage of the total weight of the adductor muscles in Vombatus ursinus and Lasiorhinus latifrons collected from dissections.
| Species | Vombatus ursinus | Lasiorhinus latifrons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specimen 1 | Specimen 2 | Specimen 3 | ||||||||
| Weight | % | Weight | % | Weight | % | Mean Weight | Mean % | Weight | % | |
| Masseter | 101.9 | 50.7 | 82.8 | 59.9 | 92.0 | 58.5 | 92.2 | 56.4 | 69.7 | 51.8 |
| Temporalis | 68.2 | 33.9 | 37.0 | 26.8 | 46.2 | 29.3 | 50.5 | 30.0 | 42.1 | 31.3 |
| Pterygoid | 31.0 | 15.4 | 18.4 | 13.3 | 19.3 | 12.2 | 22.9 | 13.6 | 22.7 | 16.9 |
| Total | 201.1 | 100 | 138.2 | 100 | 157.5 | 100 | 165.6 | 100 | 134.5 | 100 |
Specimen 1 is male, and specimen 2 and 3 are female. L. latifrons data from Crompton et al. [4], sex unknown.